Rail-fastening.



PATENTED DEOI 24, 1907.

E. E. PBRCIVAL. RAILFASTENING. APPLICATIONEILED JAN. 29. 190

:J s SJYES- proved fastening.

NTTED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

HERBERT PERCIVAL, OF GALVESTON, lTEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BREWER W.

KEY, OF WOODWARD, OKLAHOMA.

RAIL-'FASTENIING.

Specification of Letters. Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

I pplicatioii lerl January 29. 1903. Serial No. 2983.08.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. PERcIvAL, of Galvestoii,'in the county of Galveston and State of Texas, a citizen of the United States, Shave invented a new and useful Improvement in Rail-Fasteni'rigs, of which the follow- I ing is a full, clear, and'exact description, reference being had to the accom anying drawings, forming a part of this speci ication, in explaining its nature.'

My invention relates essentially to the, cushioning of railroad ties in connection'A with, or as directed to improving the means for fastening the rails to the tie, and by" wood, to take up the shock to which the tie is subjected.

The object of my invention is to adapt the cushion to the rail and to the means or spikes for fastening the rail to the tie so that the spikes cannot spread away from, or leave the flanges of the rail with which they ane properly in engagement, or become loosened.

My invention can best be seen and understood by reference to the drawings in which- Figure 1 shows-a sectional view of the iin- Fig. 2 shows a plan of the same.

Referring to the drawings A represents a portion of a cement tie, B a rail resting upon a cushion C, interposed between it and 'the tie, and D represents the spikes extending through the cushion and fastening the rail.

The cushion C is preferably madel rectan gular in shape and rests on the top of the tie snugly in a recess a made to receive it. Instead of resting on the top surfaceofthe cushion the rails rest or fit into a slot c cut therein. This slot is c'ut just so deep that the tops of the flanges b of the rail are on a line with the to) surface of the cushion so that the head d of the spikes D, which pass through the cushion at points adjacent to the flanges of the rail, will engage partly with said flanges and partly with the adjacent surface of the cushion. The resulting advantage is that the cushion supporting the heads of the spikes on the outside, keeps them from when subjected 'to heavy tral'lic.

spreading orrleaving the flanges of the rail Then again, by thus giving an outer support to the heads of the spikes keeps the spikes from becoming loosened. lith reference to the spikes D, I prefer that they be a threaded orscrew spike especially if used in-connection with a cement tie. A vdriven spike may, however, successfully be used, as above described. l

While I have already stated that my invention is especially adapted to be used in connection with a cement tie, 1t can also be advantageously practiced with a common wood tie,1 the cushion in addition to the advantages above set forth having, also, the additional advantage of preventing the rail from cutting into the surface of the tie.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States l.

1. In combination with a railroad tie, a

`cushion resting thereon, a rail resting on saidl cushion and fitting into a slot cut therein, which slot is cut so deep that the upper surface of the flange of the rail will be on a line with the surface of said cushion, and means for fastening said rail to said tie, which means is ada ted to engage partly with the flange of saidp rail and partly with the surface of said cushion and be `supported thereby, substantially as described.'

2. In combination with a cement railroad tie having a recess cut in the top thereof, a cushion fitting within said recess, a rail resting on said cushion and fitting into a slot cut therein, which slot is cut so deep that the upper surface of the flange of the rail will be on a linewith the upper surface of said cushion, and means alongside tlie'flange of said railfastening down through. said cushion into said tie, which means is adapted to engage partly with the flange of said rail on the inside and the surface of said cushion on the outside, wherebyv said means may be supported by said cushion so as to be held in proper engagement with the flange of said rail.

HERBERT I/ERCIVAL In presence ofi'- A. S. HEATON, E. SnornorEN. 

